Paper
['peɪpə] or ['pepɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a medium for written communication; 'the notion of an office running without paper is absurd'.
(noun.) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; 'he has written many scientific papers'.
(noun.) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
(verb.) cover with paper; 'paper the box'.
編輯:娜塔莎--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
(n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
(n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
(n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
(n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
(n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
(n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
(n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
(a.) Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
(v. t.) To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
(v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper.
(v. t.) To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
哈里特編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Document, writing, written instrument.[2]. Newspaper, journal.[3]. (Com.) Notes, bank-notes, drafts, bills of exchange.
海勒姆手打
解釋/意思:
n. the material made from rags or vegetable fibres on which we commonly write and print: a piece of paper: a written or printed document or instrument note receipt bill bond deed &c.: a newspaper: an essay or literary contribution generally brief: paper-money: paper-hangings for walls: a set of examination questions: free passes of admission to a theatre &c. also the persons admitted by such.—adj. consisting or made of paper.—v.t. to cover with paper: to fold in paper: to treat in any way by means of paper as to sand-paper &c.: to paste the end-papers and fly-leaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.—ns. Pā′per-bar′on or -lord one who holds a title that is merely official like that of a Scotch Lord of Session &c. or whose title is merely by courtesy or convention; Pā′per-case a box for holding writing materials &c.; Pā′per-chase the game of hounds and hares when the hares scatter bits of paper to guide the hounds; Pā′per-cigar′ a cigarette; Pā′per-clamp a frame for holding newspapers sheets of music &c. for easy reference; Pā′per-clip or Letter-clip an appliance with opening and closing spring for holding papers together; Pā′per-cloth a fabric prepared in many of the Pacific islands from the inner bark of the mulberry &c.; Pā′per-cred′it credit given to a person because he shows by bills promissory notes &c. that money is owing to him; Pā′per-cut′ter a machine for cutting paper in sheets for trimming the edges of books &c.; Pā′per-day one of certain days in each term for hearing causes down in the paper or roll of business; Pā′per-enam′el an enamel for cards and fine note-paper.—adj. Pā′per-faced (Shak.) having a face as white as paper.—ns. Pā′per-feed′er an apparatus for delivering sheets of paper to a printing-press &c.; Pā′per-file an appliance for holding letters &c. for safety and readiness of reference; Pā′per-gauge a rule for measuring the type-face of matter to be printed and the width of the margin; Pā′per-hang′er one who hangs paper on the walls of rooms &c.—n.pl. Pā′per-hang′ings paper either plain or with coloured figures for hanging on or covering walls.—ns. Pā′pering the operation of covering or hanging with paper: the paper itself; Pā′per-knife -cut′ter -fold′er a thin flat blade of ivory &c. for cutting open the leaves of books and other folded papers; Pā′per-mak′er one who manufactures paper; Pā′per-mak′ing; Pā′per-mar′bler one engaged in marbling paper; Pā′per-mill a mill where paper is made; Pā′per-mon′ey pieces of paper stamped or marked by government or by a bank as representing a certain value of money which pass from hand to hand instead of the coin itself; Pā′per-mus′lin a glazed muslin for dress linings &c.; Pā′per-nau′tilus or -sail′or the nautilus; Pā′per-off′ice an office in Whitehall where state-papers are kept; Pā′per-pulp the pulp from which paper is made; Pā′per-punch an apparatus for piercing holes in paper; Pā′per-reed (B.) the papyrus; Pā′per-rul′er one who or an instrument which makes straight lines on paper; Pā′per-stain′er one who prepares paper-hangings; Pā′per-test′er a machine for testing the stretching strength of paper; Pā′per-wash′ing (phot.) water in which prints have been washed; Pā′per-weight a small weight for laying on a bundle of loose papers to prevent them from being displaced.—adj. Pā′pery like paper.—Bristol paper or board a strong smooth paper for drawing on; Brown-paper (see Brown); Chinese paper rice-paper: a fine soft slightly brownish paper made from bamboo bark giving fine impressions from engravings; Cream-laid paper a smooth paper of creamy colour much used for note-paper; Distinctive paper a fine silk-threaded fibre paper used in the United States for bonds &c.; Filter-paper (see Filter); Hand-made paper that made wholly by hand as still with some kinds of printing and drawing papers; Height-to-paper in typefounding the length of a type from its face to its foot (11⁄12 inch); Hot-pressed paper paper polished by pressure between heated plates; Imperfect paper sheets of poorer quality as the two outside quires of a ream; India paper (see Indian); Japanese paper a soft fine paper made from the bark of the paper-mulberry giving good impressions of plate engravings; Lithographic paper paper used for taking impressions from lithographic stones; Litmus paper (see Litmus); Marbled paper (see Marble); Parchment paper a tough paper prepared in imitation of parchment by dipping in diluted sulphuric acid and washing with weak ammonia; Plain paper unruled paper: (phot.) any unglossy paper; Plate paper the best class of book paper; Printing paper (see Print); Rag-paper that made from the pulp of rags; Ruled paper writing-paper ruled with lines for convenience; Sensitised paper (phot.) paper chemically treated so that its colour is affected by the action of light; State-paper (see State); Test-paper (see Test); Tissue-paper a very thin soft paper for wrapping delicate articles protecting engravings in books &c.—also Silk-paper; Tracing-paper transparent paper used for copying a design &c. by laying it over the original and copying the lines shown through it; Transfer-paper (see Transfer); Vellum paper a heavy ungrained smooth paper sometimes used in fine printing; Whatman paper a fine quality of English paper with fine or coarse grain used for etchings engravings &c.; Wove paper paper laid on flannel or felt showing no marks of wires; Wrapping-paper coarse paper used for wrapping up parcels &c.
尤金校對
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of using blotting paper, signifies you will be deceived into the betrayal of secrets which will seriously involve a friend. To see worn blotting paper, denotes continued disagreements in the home or among friends.
To dream of fly-paper, signifies ill health and disrupted friendships.
达斯汀錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Then this is valid, the man said and handed him back the paper. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I thank you for your ingenious paper in favour of the trees. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It was a beautiful letter, highly scented, on a pink paper, and with a light green seal. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He unfolded a paper and laid it upon the table. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- With trembling hand she gave him the paper, and sat white and motionless looking at him while he read it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- One of these papers was sent to Major Dobbin,--Regt. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She opened a drawer or two, looked over some business papers, and put them back again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Where are those papers? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The swiftness with which the papers displaced the gruesome details of the little girl's death by exultation over the business future of the city was a caution. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The day before he died, he told me where to find all his papers. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Meg wanted a few curls about her face, and Jo undertook to pinch the papered locks with a pair of hot tongs. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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